Windows Phone - Play a music in the background across pages

by rahul 4/5/2013 11:42:23 PM

Developing for Windows Phone can be fun and rewarding at the same time. While working on Kidculator, I thought it would be better to have an app with a modern UI and some music playing in the background. I found two minor roadblocks which I would like to share with you today [in case you get stuck t... [More]

Tags: wp

Windows Phone 7 | Windows Phone 8

Smart Dialer for Windows Phone - Update

by rahul 1/26/2013 5:39:20 AM

Smart Dialer is the best dialer you would find for Windows Phone. Ok... ok... ok... that was such a cheap and common pitch! May be it is not the best dialer! But for what it is worth, here are some of its features and what you can do with it. If you like these, give it a shot and download it on your... [More]

Tags: wp7, wp8, windows phone, smart dialer

Kidculator released to the Windows Phone Marketplace

by rahul 11/28/2012 2:35:00 PM

If you own a Windows Phone and have a young kid, I have some good news. I have recently released an application called Kidculator that I made for my 6 year old daughter, Anika. Like many parents, I suffer from this typical my-kid-should-be-a-geniusitis syndrome! After I shared it with her, I have fo... [More]

Tags: windows phone

Windows Phone 7 | Windows Phone 8 | Windows Phone

Sharing my experience with Windows Phone 7 vs iPhone

by rahul 9/10/2011 5:47:07 PM

Well, please don't consider this a comparison between WP7 (Mango - HTC Mozart) and iPhone. I work for Microsoft, and it is quite possible that you will consider my views biased. Nevertheless, I just wanted to let you know that these are my personal views and I am not a marketing guy . The reason I ... [More]

Tags: wp7, miscellany

Miscellany | Windows Phone 7

The [NeutralResourceLanguage] attribute is missing on the entry assembly. (2003)

by rahul 8/2/2011 9:49:45 AM

While upgrading or submitting new application, you may get an error message from the App Hub saying… The [NeutralResourceLanguage] attribute is missing on the entry assembly. (2003) Here is what you need to do. If you don't want to do all of that, try doing this… Go th... [More]

Tags: wp7

Windows Phone 7

Create Trial applications for Windows Phone 7 MarketPlace

by rahul 4/12/2011 4:03:45 PM

There are a few ways in which you can easily create Trial applications for Windows Phone 7 marketplace. Here is what I prefer to do it fairly quickly. Create a new Project or use an existing project. Select Configuration Manager From the Active Soluti... [More]

Tags: windows phone 7, silverlight

Silverlight | Windows Phone 7

A couple of applications for Windows Phone 7

by rahul 3/17/2011 6:15:18 AM

Finally I was able to get Windows Marketplace account. Although the initial experience with the marketplace was a bit "hiccupy", I liked the creation piece of small utilities for my kid, Anika… whom I fondly call nikkul. I have hosted those utilities on Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, and y... [More]

Tags: wp7, silverlight, windows phone 7

Silverlight | Windows Phone 7

Play multiple sound files in Silverlight for Windows Phone 7

by rahul 2/14/2011 11:10:20 PM

Windows Phone 7 doesn't support multiple MediaElement. In order to play multiple sounds in the same page, you may use the following approach. Add a reference to Microsoft.Xna.Framework Add the following using statements… using Microsoft.Xna.F... [More]

Tags: silverlight, windows phone 7

Silverlight | Windows Phone 7